A Chinese Duckery,
A Chinese duckery is an establish
ment, either afloat or on shore, devot
ed to rearing or feeding ducks, which,
are, in most cases, salted smoked, and
hawked about the streets of the large
towns. I was much interested lu ob
serving the mode of treatment.
The decks were hatohed out by hot
sand, and divided into lots of 100 to
150. These are taken to a stream as far
down as it is possible, and there a tem
porary fence of wicker work is erected,
inclosing about twenty feet square of
the stream and Its banks. The ducks
are placed inside this, and soon toddle
out into the stream and come on shore
again to sit under mat sheds on the
bank, which are required to keep the
san off them.
When they are to be fed, a clean mat
is laid down on the bank, inside the
fence, and in the middle of the day,
under the shade mats. On this is
s strewed rice, boiled aud mixed with
sweet potatoes, etc., and made into the
; consistency of dry dough; this the
ducklings nibble at running to the
stream whenever their little throats
get choked, so as to get a drink and
clear to commence again.
In a small way I tried to improve on
the Chinese plan by giving them tlieir
food mixed softer, but it turned out a
miserable failure. The ducks, when
shaking their heads.splattered the food
over each others' backs, where it stuck
and they did not thrive.
I was much struck with the way in
which the Chinese seemed to kuow
exactly how much the ducklings would
consume at one feeding, and how little
waste there was. A little boy gener
ally attended about five lots of 150 or
200 ducks, and large streams are made
to branch off into smaller ones, so that
each lot could have a fresh run ol
clean water coming down on them.
When the feeding was over, the feed
ing mats were lifted and washed be
low the second fence, and hung up to
dry for next time.
When the ground where the ducks
were fenced became dirty, whloh took
place lu four or five days, in spite oi
all precautions to keep it clean, the
lower fence was shifted above the up
per one, and the ducks putiutoit; this
gave theui fresh, clean ground, and
they seemed to thrive to perfection.
As the ducks grow two lots of 150 aie
put together, then two lots of 000, and
soon; the extent of fencing being in
creased, aud a boy dispensed with, the
time between feeding is extended and
labor saved.
When grown, they are herded in
flocks of some thousands by a man car
rying a long bang boo rod, and he moves
ihem frcm rice field to rice Held,where
they puddle among the mud and are
fed for almost nothing. They always
get a tit-bit wben they come home to
their sheds at night (which are floored
with dry earth, frequehtly changed
and used for manure) this makes them
very anxious to get home,and they are
quite 8 anxiius to get out in the
morning, knowing there is nothing to
be expected at home before night.
Th Danger of Absinthe
The habitual urinker becomes at first
dull, languid; is soon completely
brutalized, and then goes raving mad.
He is at last wholly or partially para
lyzed, unless, as often happens, dis
ordered liver and stomach bring a
quicker end. The liquor is danger
ously seductive, because it seems, in
the begining, to help the digestive
organs, wheu it really hurts them,and
very seriously. Many persons haveing
been induced to take absinthe for in
digestion, have thus gradually fallen
under its baleful influence. The drinker
is In most cases in seeming good health,
having no thought of his peril, until
the hour when illness has declared
itself. He is apt indeed, to believe that
he is remarkably well, and to con
sider all the stories about absinthe
mere bugaboos. The earliest symp
toms of ailment lead to ail examination
and to the knowledge that his entire
system is deranged, usually beyond re
storation. His first illness is apt to be
his last, and death is a welcome relief.
Absinthe ha? not long been known; in
fact, it was not made a century ago,
bome ninety years since a French
refugee. Dr. Ordinaire, settled at the
small village ofCouvert, Switzerland,
and acquired a very fine practice in the
neighborhood. He prepared his own
medicines, one of tliem being an ex
tract of wormwood, which he held in
high esteem and compounded with his
own hands. lie prepared it from a
private recipe, and administered it to
his patients with excellent effect. Be
fore his death he imparted the secret
to others, and extract was exten
sively made and sold to peddlers, It
was prepared from the yellow flowers
of the common wormwood, and it was
gradually improved, or rather deteri
orated upon, until the present liquor
had been obtained. Iu the Vai de
Travers, Canton of Nenfchatel, about
190,000 gallons of this meet alluring
poison are anually distilled.
A Borneo Forest
It has been reoently discovered that
an oak Forest lies buried in the Talley
of the Fulda, near Rosenburg, Hesse
Oassel, Germany, at a depth of from
six to nine feet below the surface. The
wood flourished at a very remote per
iod. Tho great number of the trees
discovered were in good preservation;
but, owing to the action of the water
through unnumbered ages, they have
become thoroughly black in color;
they have become very hard and close,
so that they would be good material
for carving and or.iamental cabinet
work. Some of the trees are of great
size; one taken out of a gravelly por
tion of the bed opposite the village ol
Baumbach, and since sent to the Geo
logical Museum at Berlin, was 5S> feet
long, nearly five feet in diameter near
the root, and about 38 inches at the
top. It Is reported that the furniture
and fittings of the Geological Museum
at Marburg are to be made from this
long buried timber. It is not yet decid
ed whether these buried oaks belong
to a species still existing or to an ex
tinct one.
FAKM AND GARDEN.
VENTILATION OF THE CELLARS —IT
would seeui as if nowhere should d wel -
ing houses be so healthful as in the
open country, with ample space around
them, and plenty of pure air and sun
shlue to keep them sweet. Yet they
are otten far from being the whole
some places they ought to be, with so
many and so great advantages in their
favor; and one of the reasons why
this is the case is the commonly bad
condition of the cellar 'i'uK AMERI
CAN CULTIVATOR has seme suggestions
on this poiut well worth heeding.
The worst place for storing vegetables,
such as cabbage, turnips, mangels or
carrots, is the dwelling-house cellar.
It is utterly impossible to keep them
Iroui decaying more or less, and when
stored in a dwelling the gasaes eman
ating therefrom must ascend and find
their way into the house and even the
chambers, These gasses contain the
germs of disease, which are pregnant
with typhoid and malarial fevers. The
best place for these vegetables is in
pits, or in cellars uudor some of the
out-butldiugs. They should never be
stored n any place where the gasses
eould reacii the milk room, or where
che.creaui, butter or cheese Is stored.
A house can never be considered iieal
ihy where there is not the purest air
iu the cellar, and white every precau
tion should be used to prevent frett
ing, the proper ventilation should at
the tame time be secured,so that when
ever the cellar door is opened 110 o'len
sive odors would be perceived. The
entrance to (hecellar n> generally from
the kitchen, which is a gieat many de
grees warmer than the cellar, and the
air rushes up, and in a great many
houses ihis.ls me only way in which it
can be ventilated during cold weather.
But although it may be imperceptible,
there are alw ays gasses ascending from
the cellar, lor it would be a rare ease
indeed to dpd tloors or doors perfectly
air tight; this renders It necessary to
have the atmosphere of the cellar as
pure as thaiol any of the rooms lu the
house, otherwise the dwelling cannot
be a perlectly healthy abode.
NEW METHOD OF RECLAIMING ROM
LAND.— Dr. Play lair, of Edinburgh,
draws attention to the German meth
od of reclaiming bog laud, which has
already received attention at the Agri
cultural Department at Washington.
The fundamental idea of this method
is to cover bog earth with a deep laj T er
of gravel, after means have been pro
vided for draining the land, and to
leave this gravel as a permament sur
lace layer, which is never to he mixed
witli the bog earth that lies beneulli
it. Upon this ground the crops are
grown. The surtace shields the young
crops from destiuetion by night frosts
in the spring; it lessens the evapora
tion of water from the soil, and the ra
diation of heat also, and so keeps the
gronnd comparatively warm, while, as
experience shows, the buried humas
can still supply the crops with food.
The upper surface must never be plow
ed, so as to mix o:. e soil with the other,
but, when it becomes hard and lucrus
ted it is worked with a sut-soil plow
in such wise that the soil may be loos
ened without mixing one layer with
the other, gome writers argue that it
is better to sweeten tlie bog laud first
by burning, before spreading the grav
el over it. It, however, is an open
question, and 110 doubt exists that the
method has merit. No manure is re
quired. instead of being exhausted
by cropping, the reclaimed fields actu
ally become too fertile. Twelve-year
old fields still give the best crops of hay
grass,cut over and over again for green
fodder.
BEANS AS A FIELD CROP. —Probably
there is not a crop raised on the farm
attended with more profit when prop
erly cultivated, that the old-fashioned
white bean. By this we do not mean
to say that it would be advlseable to put
in as many acres to beans as we would
to wheat, but instead of selecting some
odd nook or corner, which is general
ly the case now, we would set apart a
field of fair average and plant it to this
crop, and after planting we would at
tend the working oi the ground in a
Christian-like manner. Tnere is no
crop on the farm generally more neg
lected. in many instances the land se
lected lor the crop ig of the most infe
rior quality on the farm, and when
planted the cultivation is much neg
lected, but for all this the product us
ually pays as well as, and perhaps bet
ter than other crops. There is always
a good market for them, and the plant
lug, cultivation and the harvesting
can be attended to wheu it does not
interfere with other crops, which is a
great advantage to farmers. There are
many varieties which can be raised in
this climate, and we hope that more
attention may be given to ihetr cultiva
tion.
WILD VINES OR OLD BUILDINGS.— Out
buildings of all kinds, that have he
come dilapidated through time or by
exposure to storms, may become ob
jects of beauty by training wild vines,
euch as woodbine, wild grape or iorest
ivy upon tlicin. These vines spread
very rapidly lrtm their lateral branch
es, or will ii.ciea*e to an astonishing
extent by {cutting or layering. The
beauty oi many ol the ru
ral villages in Europe is almost enti
rely owing to the vines that over
spread the dwellings, borne of the
more hardy grapes may be grown with
profit over low buildings; and at the
came time they will give a pleasant ap
peal ance to that which belore disfig
ured the premises.
EXPERIENCE teaches us that stock en
tering Into winter quarters in good
condition can be kept without difficulty
while an animal begining the winter in
a poor condition, notwithstanding an
abundance of food, careiul housing
and the best attention, will invariably
be in poor order the folio wiug spring.
FOR storing onions there is no better
place than a dry, cool and airy loft,
where they can be spread out thinly
and looked oyer for the removal of
those which may haye begun to decay.
Warmth and moisture are fatal to the
keeping of onions, and much handling
is almost equally ee.
Dr. Curschmann relates the history of
two cases of phthisis with abundant
and fetid expectoration. One was treated
by inhalations of pure carbolic acid;
the other, first by oil of turpentine and
later by carbolic acid. The inhalations
were at first kept up for two or three
hours at a time,later continuo isly Both
patients were relieved of their cough,
and during the six months they were
under observation gained twenty
pounds in weight.
There are now four comets visible to
this earth, through a good telesoope,
none of which cau be seen with the
naked eye. The first was discovered
by Mr. Schaerbele at Ann Arbor,
Mich; the second by Mr. Hartwig, ©f
Strasburg, Germany; the third by Mr.
Lewis Swift, at Rochester, New York,
and the fourth by M. Faye, of Paris.
HUMOROUS.
"T AM so glad you've oorno down tn
see us, Mr. Robinson," said Miss
Fitzjoy. "1 am sure you will tlnd a
groat deal of Interest in this city, and
besides we do so like to reeiprooate
your kindness to us iu the summer, up
;on that delightful farm."
"Yes, Miss,things are diffeient about
here, that's a fact. Everything looks
mighty thrifty; but really now, do
you think It's safe f r me to go on the
street, i hearn tell there's lots of
pickpockets 111 the city."
"Why, bless your dear old heart. I'll
take care of all your money for you."
"H'm, yes,l presume you will,when
Josh and you , but 1 guess I'll
look out for it. I'm pretty sharp my
solf." And he went out for a stroll
and cauie hack with his pantaloons
pocket cut neatly out, and every cent
of his ready cash gone.
A HATCHET FACED woman of about
51 summers, with a wealth of freckles
iu her face and a snuff stick in her
mouth, got Into a crowded car on Gal
veston avenue. There were half a
dezen gentlemen on the car, but none
of them offered to give her a seat.
After she had waited areas nable time
she said: "EL eny of you galoots is
waltin' for mo to squat in yer laps,you
are barkin' up the wrong tree, for I
want you to uiiderrtand Fiu a lady."
A dread that she was not In earnest
caused six gentlemen to leave the car.
AMONG the replies to an advertise
ment ola music committee for a can
didate for organist, music teachor, etc.
a vacancy havlug occurred by the re
signation of the organist in office, was
the following: "Gentlemen, 1 not ced
your advertisement for an organist
and music teacher, either lady or gen
tleman. Having been botli for several
years, 1 oiler you my services."
"INSANITY is increasing among the
women of America." Don't believe
it. The women of America don't drag
as long skirts over the dirty sidewalks
as they did only a year ago; nor do
they go along and every now and
then make a frantic dive tor a fist full
of trail which is dexterously lifted by
the left foot.
FASHIONAHLE j-oung lady at a social
gathering remarks, jestingly, to Gil?
hooly; "I wonder how much 1 would
bring if I was put up at auction and
sold to the highest bidder?" "Just
about Ave hundred dollars." "Why,
my jewelry alone is worth that."
"Yes, that I put It down in my esti
mate."
MISTRESS — As you've never been in
service, I'm at raid 1 can't eugage you
.without a "character." Young Per
son—l have three school-Board certi
ficates, ma'am. Mistress —00, well, 1
suppose for honesty, cleanliness
Young Person—No, ma'am; for llter
atoor, ioggr'phy, an' free 'and draw
rin'l
BOMK genius has invented a blowing
machine with sufficient wind power 10
blow a man over a three-story brick
house. It would seem now that we
might dispense with Congress, but we
uon't suppose that body will take the
hint and adjourn.
AFTER an enthusiastic lover spends
two hours hard labor over a letter to
his girl and then mars its beauty by
spilling a drop ot iuk 011 It, he first
swears in a scientific manner for a few
minutes aud then draws a circle round
the blot and tells her it is a kiss; aud
she, poor tiling, believes it.
VICAR — "Sor.yl never see you at
church, Squire. As a leading man in
the parish, you ought to be one of the
pillars ." Squire—"Well, at all
events, If I'm not a pillar, I'm one o'
the buttresses—always to be found
outside, you know I"
INVALID: "I've had a wretched
night, MlB. Wobbles." Nurse: "Dear,
dear me, sir! 1 thought you slept
comfortable. Invalid (with a groan):
"Oh. Mrs. Wobbles, do use the ad
verb!" Nurse: "Yes, sir; I'll see
about it directly,sir,—but"—(puezle )
—"I rcely dou't think there's one 111
the 'ouse, sir ? '
A LETTER addressed to "the prettiest
girl in Sedalia, Mo," is posted up lor
a claimant. The girls all say, "It looks
like his writing I wish they had ju-t
sent it to me aud not stuck it up that
way in a public place. I'll never get it
now."
LITTLE Charley had his hslr "bob
bed" the other day but did not like the
operation of brushing. "Ma, that bar
ber's brush made me squawk." Mo
ther—"l did not hear any noise."
Charley—"But I squawked in my
thinks."
A GENTLEMAN speaking of the happi
ness of the married state before his
daughter disparagingly said: "She
who marries does well; but she who
does not marry does better." "Well,
then," said the young lady, "I will Jo
well; let those who choose do belter.*'
A GERMAN radical philosopher has
said that a man is what he eats, mean
ing that bis body and his brains are
built up out of his food,and aie there
fore, coarse or fine, according to what
he takes Into his alimentary canal.
"IF I should put on green glares and
view this class, would I not bo deceiv
ed In their anpearauce?" "Well —no,
I don't think you would.'*
A YOUNG lawyer wished to cite an
authority on a case he was conduct
ing, and not being able to remember
it, his opponent wittily remarked,
"Though lost to cite,to memory dear."
IF you want to ascertain how many
eggs are in last year's nest just try to
borrow a few dollars from an old-time
friend.
WHAT is the difference between a
farmer and a bottle of whisky? One
husbands the corn and the oilier corns
the husbands.
MK MIDDLKKIB,who was In the army,
irreverently calls his night shirt his
napsaek.
C'OAL is so black that it is wonderful
how a dealer can make a ton so light.
IT is said that a pig lives only twenty
years. And yet the world is tilled with
much older hogs.
SPEAKING of cities, Is Awl Benny a
shoemaker's last stopping place?
HE is a dry man who whets his ap
petite on salt.
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THE leap-year gait Is "go -as -she
pleases."
DOMESTIC.
AHE YOUR CLOSITS VKNTILATKD. —
There Is nothing so handy In a house
as an abundance of large, roomy
closets; but because they are handy
and extremely userul they are apt to
be abused. There are many things
which, as a matter of course, are al
ways put luto a closet, of which the
article of outward wearing apparel
make a largo part. Theie are always
things which ought not to go Into the
closet, I. e., a closet adjoutng or
closely connected with, a living or
sleeping room. Of such are all soiled
undergarments, the wash clothes,
which should be put Into a large bag
for the purpose, or a roomy basket,
and then plaeed in the wash-room or
some other well aired room at some
distance from the family. Having
tlnr* excluded one or the fertile sources
ot bud odors In closets, the next point
Is to see that the elosets are properly
ventilated. It matters not how clean
the clothing In the closet may be, if
there is no ventilation that clothing
will not be what it should be. Any
garments utter being worn for a while
will absorb more or less of the exhal
ations which arise Irom the body, at d
thus contain an amount of foieigu—lt
may be hurtful—matter which free
circulation of pure air can soon remove
but if this is excluded, as In many
close closets, the e llluvia Increases,and
the clothes, closets and adjoining
rooms In time possess an odor that
any acute sense of suiell will readily
detect. Every closet In daily use In
which the night clothes are hung by
day and the day clothing by night,
should have an airing as well as the
bed. it the closet can be large enough
to admit of a window —aud it Is 111
some cases—an ample provision lor
sunlight and a circulation of pure air
is provided 111 the window, which
should be left open for u short lime
each day. lu the case of small closets
a veniiiatof- could be put over the
door, or even in it. It many cases such
precautions tor pure clothing are not
practicable, and the next best thing
is, to see that the door of the closet Is
left open for half hour or so each day
at that time when the windows are
lb row u up and the large room Is puri
lieJ with fresh air front out of doors,
in this way; first, by keeping out
clothes iuteuded lor the wash; and,
second, daily changing the air, the
closets may be comparatively pure.
."VKGKTINK," gays a Boston physi
cian, *'has no equal as a blood purifier.
Hearing of its many wonderful cures,
after all other remedies had failed, 1
visited the laboratory and convinced
myself of Its genuine m erlt. It Is pre
pared from barks, roots, and herbs,
each of which Is highly effective, and
they axe compounded In such a manner
as to produce astonishing results."
CIIKKAK PIDDI.NO. Melt half an
ounce of fresh butler in a saucepan,
stir Into it a tablcspoonful of flour;
when the two are well amalgamated,
put in a small quantity of milk and
about three ounces of grated Parmesan
cheese. Stir the mixture on a alow
fire till It assumes the appearance of
thick cream, but be careful not to let
it boil; then add some white pepper;
mix thoroughly, and, if required, add
a little salt; keep on stirring the mix
ture at a very moderate heal for about
ten minutes; take the saucepan off the
fire, and stir the contents occasionally
until quite cold,then stir into them the
yolks of three eggs beaten up with a
little milk and strained ; and, finally,
the whites of five eggs whisked into a
white froth. Put the mixture into a
pudding dish, and put it into the oven
at once. Serve quickly, as soon as the
pudding has risen and the top is well
browned.
BLEACHING FLANNEL.— FIanneI which
has become yellow with use may be
bleached by putting it for some days
in a solution of bard soap to w hicti
strong ammonia has been added. The
b 'st proportions are one pound and a
half of hard curd soap, fifty pounds of
soft water, and two-thirds of a pound
of strong aiumonla solution. The
Btine object may be attained in a
shorter time by placing the flannel for
a quarter of an hour in a weak solution
of bisulphate of sodium, to which a
little hydrochloric acid has been
added.
EVERYBODY is pleased with the im
proved Carboline, a deodorized extract
ol petroleum. It is as clear and limpid
as spring water, and was originally in
tended by nature as a panacea for all
diseases of the scalp and skin, and as a
natural hair renewer.
To Worries OLD WHITE '.ACE. —Iron
slightly to straighten, lold, sew in a
linen bag, let lay in pure olive oil
twenty-four hours, then boil in a solu
tion of poip and water fifteen ml out"*,
rinse in luke warm water, dip in wa
ter containing a very little starch;
then take It out of the bag and unfold
it to dry, lay it carefully on a sheet or
napk'n.
To MAKE SOAP TO DO AWAY WITH RUB
BING. —Dissolve live bars of soap in four
gallons Of soft water, one and three
fourths pounds of salsoda, and three
fourths pounds of borax; stir while
cooling. Use one cupful to make suds
to soak clothes in, wring out and put
into the boiler; use same quantity ot
soap for boiling the same. Try it; 1
have used li a long time.
A GOOD way to keep cut flowers
fresh is to lay them in wet cloths.
Take tl;em out of the vases at nightt,
sprinkle with cold water, and then
wrap them In cloths made very wet
with cold water. The weight of the
cloth, will not crush the most delicate
flowers, while it keeps out the air and
prevents their falling to pieces or
openiug farther.
To WASH WINDOWS: Dissolve a
little washing soda in the water, if the
glass is very dim with sm ke or dirt.
Do not let It run on the sash,but wash
each pane with old flannel; dry quick
ly with a soft, clean towel, wiping the
corners with especial care. Polish
with cl amois skin,or newspapers rub
bed soft between the hands. 4Mb.
Washday is a holiday, thanks to Dob
bins' Electric Soap, (made by Cragin
<fc Co., l'hila.,) which is rapidly coming
into general use. It acts like magic,
and bleaches clothing without injur
ing the fabric. Try it.
IT may be laid down as a rule that
all plants of whatever kind, If cut
down and used as manure,impart more
constituents to the earth than they
take from it.
A SMALL teaspo >nful of molasses
added to buckwheat batter each morn
ing wl'l make the cakes temptingly
brown.
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THK most assiduous parental atten
tion 'vill frequently fail to prevent
Coughs, Colds, Croup, etc. Dr. Bull*s
Oougti Syrup is a most valuable reme
dy to have convenient when needed
Price 25 cents.
From the Hub. _
There Is perhaps no tonlo offered to
the people that possesses as much real
intrinsic value as the ilop Bitters. Just
at this season of the year, when the
stomaoh needs an appetiser, or the
blood needs purifying, the oheapest and
best remedy Is Hop Bitters. An ounce
of prevention Is worth a pound of cure;
don't wait until you are prostrated by
a disease that may take months for you
to recover in.— Boston Globe.
A French Inventor noticed the man
ner In which watery vapor in a warm
room congeals against the glass during
frosty weather and lorms needle-like
crystals, Interlacing oue another like
the threads of a tissue. This observa
tion gave hi in the idea of producing
designs for textile fabrics by crystal
lizing various salt solutions on a sheet
of olay. He first tried the sulphates of
copper, zinc, Iron, alumina and mag
nesia. He covered Ave clean glass
plates each with solution of one of
these salts, placed them in a horizontal
position and allowed them to crystallize
slowly by evaporation. He found
further that the crystal form became
more suited to bis purpose when he
added albumen, gum, starch or gelatine
to the solution, while at the same time
the crystals became more resistant.
He found also that different temperat
ures influenced the forms of the crys
tals and that he could produce fantas
tic trees, flowerß, Mars, arabesques,
roots, and eveu insects ot lnteruuiug
design. He went through many ex
periments, and ended by maklug the
tigures obtained permanent by electro
typing, for which purpose he caused
the solutions to crystallize upon strong
plates of copper or German sliver. A
clean sheet of lead placed on the fin
ished crystallization, gave, by hydrau
lic pressure, a metallic counterpart of
the same. Or he used sheets of softened
gutta percha, which received the im
pressiou and could be used In making
a copper deposit In the electric bath.
The great problem, however, was to
produce a continuous design which
would fit around the roller* with which
the patterns are printed on woven
fabrics. The detached productions of
the crystalllzatlotf on his plates did
not satisfy this oondition. He substi
tuted, therefore, in place ot his flat
plates, metallic cylinders similar to
those used for producing the rollers
for oalico printing. By slowly turn
ing them around their axis, while the
solution ou their surface evaporated,he
obtained a des'gn which satisfied the
wants of the printer and the weaver
for a continuous design without break
in the whole length of the cloth. There
are, however, some objections left.
The crystallization is capricious and
not sutfiolemly even and uniform,olteu
leaving blanks which are larger than
are agreeable to tbe purchaser of the
fabrio; but tals may be overcome by
experieuce and precaution. Another
objection, however, appears Impossible
to correct. The two sides of tbe pat
terns do not match when different
widths are jolnsd at the selvedge of tbe
cloth. It Is argued this Is or minor
importance, as generally dressmakers
and tailors pay no attention to it.
Daniel JtuggUs, of Fredericksburg,
Va., has recently taken out a patent for
what he designates as a new and use
lul method of precipitating rain-falls
from rain clouds. He proposes the em
ployment of small balloons provided
with explosives and arranged for simul
taneous explosion. He contemplates
not only to precipitate rainfalls, bat
also to cheek its fall in a given looality
by causing the rain clouds to discharge
ralu befoie the given locality has been
reached by suoh clouds.
Woman'i Wisdom.
"iihe Insists that it is of more impor
tance, that hei family shall be kept in
full health, than that she should have
all the fashionable dresses and style
of the times. She therefore sees to it,
that eaoh member of her family is sup*
oiled with enough Hop Hitters, at the
ftrst appearance of any symptoms of
ill health, to prevent a tit of sickness
with its attendant excuse, care and
anxiety. Ail woman should exercise
their wisdom In this way."— Xevo
JJaven Palladium
Efforts to reduce monkeys to disci
pline have not yrrr ctten b en success
ful. A native of the province of Bengal
has, however, trained several of them
te work the cords by which the punka,
or ventilating fan of India, is moved.
Thsy perform their task to perfection,
and, thanks to their activity, keep the
punkas In continuous motion,maintain
ing a constant, agreeable movement of
air all through the room.
An examination of one hundred and
seventy eight log books of vessels sail
ing on the Atlantic Ocean within the
past two years. Indicates that the num
ber of rainy days per annum in the
region under consideration is a good
deal larger th n his been supposed,
especially where the trade winds pre -
vail.
A Protective Dniy.
The person subject to derangement of tho
kidne e or liver '>* a protective duty to per
form in purctue.ng a package of Kidnev-
Wort It impart* uew vitality to the Hick
body and cures by eliminating obstructive
matter. — Democrat.
HOP BITTEBS^
(A Medicine, not n Drink.)
CONTAINS
BOPS, BITCHU, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION,
And the Purest and Best Medical Qcali- I
TUB or lU. OTHKH Bitters.
THEY CUKE
All Disease® of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, ■
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner- ■
vousness. Sleeplessness and especially I
Female Complaints.
81000 IN COLD,
Will be paid for a case they will not care
help, or ror anything impure or Injurious ■
found la them.
Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try I
tliem before you sleep. Take uo other. I
D I. C. Is an absolute and Irresistible cure for I
Drunkenness, use of opium, tobacco and
narcotics. ■
■■Mi Send fob Circular. ■■■■■■
All ml&T* aold by druraUU.
Hop BltUrt Mf*. Co., Rocfawbtr, N. Y., A Toronto, Out. I
THE GREAT REPUTATION
Which Vcgftlna has attained In alt parts of the
country as a
GREAT AND GOOD MBDICINE,
aad the large number or testimonials whloh are
constantly being received from per ons who
have been cured Dy Its use, are conclusive proof
of Its great value. It Is recommended by phy
sicians and apothecaries. As a Mood Purifier
and Health-Restorer it lias no equal.
Vcgetme Is not prepared tor a fancy drink,
made from poor liquors, which debilitates the
system and tends to destroy health Instead of
restoring It.
Are not the many testimonials given for the
different complaints satisfactory to any reason
able per.-ons Muttering from disease that they
can be cured ? Read the different testimonials
given, and no one can doubt. 1i many of those
cases the persons say that t heir pain and suffer
ing cannot be expieased, as in oaseeof Scrofula,
where. apparently, tne whole body was one
ma-s of corruption. If Vegetlne will relieve
pain, ch anse, purify and cuie such diseases, re
storing the patient to perfect health after try
ing different physicians, many remedies, suffer
ing tor years, is It not conclusive proof, if you
are a sufferer, you can be cured? Why is this
medicine performing such great cures? It
works in the blood, in the circulating fluid, it
oau be truly called the Great Mood Purifier.
The great, source of d Mote originates in the
blood; and no medicine that does not act di
rectly upon It, to purify and renovate, has any
Just claim upon pubilo attention. When the
ilood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either
from change of weather or climate, want of ex
ercise, irregular diet, or from any other uau e,
the Vegetlne will renew the blood, carry off the
putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate
the bowels, and Impart a tone of vigor to the
whole body. The uonvlctlou is, in the public
as well aaln the medical profession, that the
remedies supplied by tne vegetable Kingdom
are more aura, more successiul in the cure of
disease, than mineral medicines. Vegetlne is
composed of roots, barks and herbs. It is
peasant to take and Is perfectly aafe to give an
infant. L>. you need It ? Do not hesitate to
try it. Vou will never regret It.
Vogotlno.
An Exo*ilent Medicine.
ernuiarißLD, Ohio. Feb. W, 1*77.
This Is to certify that I have used Vegotiue,
manufactured by H. K. Stevens. Boston, M tss.,
for Rheumatism and General Prostration of the
Nervous System, with good success. I recom
mend Vegetlne as an excellent medicine for
such oomplalota.
Yours very truly,
C. W. VANDBGRIFT.
Mr. Vandegrlft, of the nrm of Vandegrlft A
Huffman, is a well-known buslne-s man In this
place, having one of the largest stores in
Springfield, u.
"vogotlno,
PREPARED BY
H. R. BTKYENB, BOSTON, Mass.
Vffellae la Sold kr All Drug* lata.
if The Only Remedy ji
That Arte at the Name Time on M
■The Liter, Tbe Bowels and Tbe lidneysM
lJ Tkit combined action aivet it trondtrful M
mower to curtail dieeatee. m
flWhy Are We Bick?|j
ncome clogged or torpid, and poieontmt huj\
Vlaoort are therefore forced lata Uu bleodLl
should be expelled naturally. ■■
HBllionsneKß, Files, Constipation, KJdnejfi
Complaints and Ptseaaee. Weak- ffl
nesaes and Kervons Disorders.
Wmby canting fret action of thtee organ*
their power to throw of . J
tof Why Suffer liiUous pains and aches I
PI Why tormeatcd with Plloa. ( onotipation lAI
|| Why frlghtraed oferdlaordered Kidneys Iff
I Why end use nervous ©r sick headache*/ ■
Why bavo sleepless night* t ■
BE Ute KIDNEY WORT and rtfofee in ft
fM health. Hit a org,oeffef able compound aWfj
MOm peek age will make ate qtaef Medietas. |B
■ M if of your Drt/goitL, he trill order if PI
for J* rice* ft .LiO. IkL
mm WILLfI, RKSAL2XN * CO., Proprietor!, P
n| | (WlHietyvifiUL) Barttagiea, Vt |
|J 0 SUITE F?
w STOMACH JI
B|TTER S
Sleep, Appetite, Strength
Return when Hrwtotter'B Stomach Bitters is
systematically uted by a bilious dy-p 'puc suf
ferer. Moreover, since ihe brain sympathizes
closly with the stomach and Its associate or
gans, the liver and the bowels, as their de
rangement is reotlOed by the am ion of the Bit
ters, mental despondency produceJ by that
derangement disappears.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers
general.y.
YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY
PUMP
Unllned.or with Copper, Poreelain,or Iron
Linings. Each one stenciled with my name as
manufacturer is warranted in material and con
struction. For sale by the best houses In the
trade. If you do uot know where to get this
pump, write to nie as below, and 1 will send
name of agent nearest you, who will supply you
at my lowest prices.
CHAS. G. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
308 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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